Taneytown man sentenced to 3 years for kidnapping, drug charges in agreement

A fourth defendant charged in the kidnapping and assault of a Taneytown man in December was sentenced as a part of a plea agreement Tuesday.

Antonino Lobue II, 18, of the unit block of Bancroft Street in Taneytown, is expected to serve a combined three years of incarceration for the kidnapping as well as two additional cases. His sentence will be served at the Carroll County Detention Center.

Lobue pleaded not guilty but agreed not to challenge the state's version of the facts for the kidnapping and assault of Heath Parrish, 23, Dec. 2.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but 18 months suspended in the kidnapping case by Judge J. Barry Hughes. Sentences longer than 18 months cannot be served locally and must be served in the state's Department of Corrections.

"This kidnapping charge is among the most serious of adult charges, notwithstanding your age," Hughes said to Lobue. "You really should go to the Department of Corrections, but the court is trying to save you from yourself."

Hughes said if Lobue violates his probation when he is released, Hughes will not hesitate to sentence him to serve the remaining time.

"If you can't turn it around here, you have proven that you are a danger to the community," he said.

On Dec. 2, Zachary Nicholas Frieze, 21, also of Taneytown, and two other individuals invited Parrish to Lobue's residence in Taneytown to conduct a marijuana sale, according to the statement of facts read into the record by Deputy State's Attorney Edward J. Coyne.

When Parrish entered the house, he was assaulted by the individuals, forced into his car at knifepoint and told to drive to another Taneytown residence where two others were waiting, according to the statement of facts.

The assailants were attempting to force Parrish to admit to stealing from Lobue by assaulting him and threatening him with knives, according to the statement of facts. Also present were Joseph Louis Doyle, 22, and Robert Wayne Knight, 19, of Taneytown. Courtney Lynn Bollinger, 17, also of Taneytown, was present but unarmed. Bollinger was initially charged as an adult but the case was moved to juvenile court in June, according to electronic court files.

Lobue is the fourth defendant charged in the kidnapping to enter a plea agreement with the state. Frieze was sentenced to serve 10 years in the Department of Corrections for the kidnapping, Doyle was sentenced to serve one year in the Carroll County Detention Center and Knight was sentenced to serve 10 years at the Department of Corrections with all but one year suspended, according to court records.

Lobue also entered a plea agreement for one count of common nuisance, distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.

Police had been investigating Lobue for possible CDS distribution prior to the kidnapping, according to the statement of facts, and in December members of the Carroll County Drug Task Force located a residence on Francis Scott Key Highway which Lobue was using as a "stash house" for his operation.

Police arrived at the residence and found that the suspected CDS and distribution tools had been moved, including a gun safe where drugs and weapons were stored, according to the statement of facts.

Police later discovered the location where the items were moved to and found the gun safe in the woods, as well as additional items in the residence, according to the statement of facts. Police discovered ecstasy tablets, marijuana, scales, bags, cash and weapons.

Lobue was sentenced to serve 18 months at the Carroll County Detention Center, consecutive to the 18 months in the kidnapping case, for the common nuisance charge.

Additionally, Lobue was sentenced to serve 18 months concurrently for a March 20 theft charge.

Lobue pleaded not guilty with an agreed statement of facts to one count of theft less than $1,000 for removing tags and security devices from clothing and jewelry at Boscov's at the TownMall in Westminster, according to the statement of facts.

Upon his release, Lobue will be on supervised probation for five years, according to Hughes.